Becoming a Plague Doctor (4)

Dungeon, and loot.

When I pieced together the fragmentary words that had slipped from Shaun’s mouth, I was reminded of something Charlotte had mentioned in the past.

‘Had she said that mages bought mana stones at high prices?’

I didn’t know the exact reason.

What was certain, however, was that the Mage Tower was buying mana stones, and that the stones they were gathering were not entirely safe.

‘Perhaps, rather than the mages intending it, one of the mana stones they bought simply caused trouble.’

Though I had the goddess’s certainty to go on, recalling the incident when a succubus had been revived from a mana stone, I got to my feet.

Now that I had a lead, it was time to try to solve the problem.

The place I headed for was none other than the lord’s castle.

Fortunately, I wasn’t stopped at the checkpoint this time...